About this episode

The episode discusses various topics in the music industry including ticket scalping, Jimi Hendrix's estate court case, the resurgence of vinyl, and Spotify's latest statistics.

Your easy weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. Become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Superfan of the podcast for free – and enjoy the exclusive weekly Lock-in bonus section! ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week... Steve and Producer Joe grapple with some big numbers, mergers, and warnings about signing your rights away: The UK government promised to ban ticket touting (scalping). But now the ban may be delayed for a year or so: and the industry (and Steve) is not happy.... The estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix's Experience bandmates, have lost a court case in which they were seeking more money from the band's albums – but why did they lose? The resurgence of vinyl isn’t all good: LPs aren’t the most climate-friendly product. But that could be changing, and a group of independent labels wants to show how … 761 million people are now using Spotify every month, according to its latest financial results . Talking of Spotify, you may have seen a new ‘green tick’ badge on artist profiles to verify that they are human. What’s that all about? The music industry’s latest mega-merger will see BMG and Concord coming together - but who are these two businesses and why is this one so big…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve, Producer Joe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spotify, BMG, Concord

Products: LPs

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Price of Music podcast page.